WEBVTT FRIENDS OF THE VICTIMS I SPOKEWITH ARE IN SHOCK WITH WHATHAPPENED.>> I HOPE THAT THEY GET JUSTICE.AUBRY: JEFFERSON PARISH DEPUTIESSAY THE BODIES OF 40-YEAR-OLDKYLE TURNER, 56-YEAR-OLD JOHNEDWARD HENRY, AND 61-YEAR-OLDROSEMARY CHARLES WERE FOUND INAPARTMENT G AT THIS COMPLEX ONPASADENA AVENUA 33-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, WHO IS THEONLY SURVIVOR OF THE SHOOTING,IS IN STABLE CONDITION ATUNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.IN APARTMENT B, DEPUTIES SAYTHEY FOUND 56-YEAR-OLD HAROLDFRISARD'S BODY WITH MULTIPLESTAB WOUNDS TO THE HEAD.>> THEY SAID HE WAS STABBED ANDIN THE BATHTUB.AUBRY: JEFF PAWLISZ HAS LIVED INTHE COMPLEX FOR 10 YEARS.>> WE WERE AWAKE, LYING IN BED,AND WE HEARD HAROLD SAY, "DON'TDO IT, PLEASE DON'T DO IT,PLEASE DON'T DO IT," AND HE ISSCREAMING AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE.IN OUR BEDROOM, YOU CAN HEAREVERYTHING. AND THEN IT WENT QUIET AND THAWAS ABOUT 2:30 IN THE MORNING. AT 3:29, WE ARE LAYING THERE.I HEAR ABOUT 6 SIX GUNSHOTAUBRY: HE SAID HE DIDN'T CALL, 911 BECAUSE SCREAMS ANDGUNSHOTS ARE OFTEN HEARD IN THEAREA AND DIDN'T THINK MUCH OFIT.I KNEW JOHN, ROSE AND HAROLD.HE LIVED RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS FROMME.MY GIRLFRIEND, THAT WAS ONE OFHER BEST FRIENDS, ROSE -- SHE ISDEVASTATED.SHE IS IN THERE CRYING RIGHTNOW.AND HAROLD, HE WAS A GOOD FRIENDOF MINE.AUBRY: ONE MAN WE SPOKE WITH,WHO DID NOT WANT HIS NAME ORFACE SHOWN, SAYS HE TOO WASFRIENDS WITH THE VICTIMS.>> I KNOW FOR A FACT IT WAS AHIT JOB.THIS WASN'T JUST A REGULAR, I AMMAD AT YOU, OR OUT OF SPITE I AMGOING TO TAKE YOU OUT. THIS WAS LITERALLY A HIT JOB.EVERYONE WAS SHOT TO THE HEAD,THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NOWITNESSES.AUBRY: BUT DEPUTIES HAVE NOTNAMED A MOTIVE OR ANY SUSPECTS.>> THEY NEED TO CATCH THEM.IT IS SENSELESS.THESE PEOPLE WERE GOOD PEOPLE,THEY WERE NOT VIOLENT.I MEAN, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND

A man was arrested in connection with the murders of four people Wednesday at two apartments in Metairie, Louisiana, officials said.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said Armande Stephen Tart, 20, was arrested on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.

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Normand held a news conference Friday to announce new details in the case, which was reported early Wednesday at an apartment complex on Pasadena Avenue.

Investigators said a woman called 911 to report that she had been shot in the head. Deputies found another woman and two men shot to death.

The sheriff's office identified the people who were killed as Kyle Turner, 40, John Edward Henry, 56, Rosemary Charles, 61, and Harold Frisard, 56.

Frisard was found with multiple stab wounds in an apartment next door to the one where Henry, Charles and Turner were found. The surviving victim was shot in the face.

Normand said detectives determined the shootings and stabbing were drug-related and Tart had orchestrated a plan to steal cocaine from the victims. He said the drug heist was premeditated and planned.

Tart and Frisard knew one another because Frisard was known to take in people, Normand said. He said Tart found out about the apparent drug ring in the apartment next door where Turner, Henry and Charles were living.

Normand said Tart took the time to disguise his identity and remove items from the apartment that could have been linked to him. Tart also attempted to destroy the cameras at the complex by violently shaking the poles they were on.

Tart is believed to have acted alone. Normand said the search for him spanned from Metairie and into New Orleans. He also said the Louisiana State Police helped link Tart to evidence the sheriff's office found.

Tart was found Friday afternoon at a Kenner home, where members of the U.S. Marshals Service surrounded him. Normand said he surrendered and was taken to the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center.

Tart also faces counts of auto theft and felon in possession of a firearm. Normand said Turner's vehicle was stolen from the complex by Tart. The black 2014 Acura TL is still missing.

Normand said Tart's criminal history includes arrests for truancy, simple criminal damage, possession of marijuana, theft of goods and possession of a stolen firearm.

Additional details were not released. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 504-822-1111.